{"id":75625,"date":"2016-11-02T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=acec81a078c91a342f5fc3a9a2c6b0f0"},"modified":"2016-11-02T10:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T10:00:16","slug":"news-story-fraud-awareness-week-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=75625","title":{"rendered":"News story: Fraud Awareness Week: round up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<section class=\"attachment embedded\" id=\"attachment_1788074\">\n<div class=\"attachment-thumb\">\n      <a aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/564488\/Protecting_charities__funds_detecting_fraud_against_charities_gov.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/564488\/thumbnail_Protecting_charities__funds_detecting_fraud_against_charities_gov.pdf.png\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"attachment-details\">\n<h2 class=\"title\"><a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/564488\/Protecting_charities__funds_detecting_fraud_against_charities_gov.pdf\">Protecting charities\u2019 funds: detecting fraud against charities<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"metadata\">\n        <span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">216KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">3 pages<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Last week saw the inaugural Charity Fraud Awareness Week capped off by the second National Charity Fraud Conference on Friday. The week was a joint initiative between the Charity Commission and the Fraud Advisory Panel to use social media to promote fraud awareness and encourage everyone working within the charity and not-for-profit sectors to discuss the issue. Please see below for a round up of everything that took place throughout the week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>on Monday the commission launched the new <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charitiesagainstfraud.org.uk\/\">Charities Against Fraud website<\/a> to support and promote the work of the Charity Sector Counter Fraud Group in tackling fraud<\/li>\n<li>on Wednesday the commission released its first ever summary analysis of fraud issues reported to the commission via its \u2018Reporting Serious Incidents\u2019 regime &#8211; a copy of which is available on GOV.UK via the link above and the Charities Against Fraud website<\/li>\n<li>on Thursday, board member Mike Ashley was <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/voluntary-sector-network\/2016\/oct\/27\/taking-down-fraudsters-how-can-charities-protect-their-money\">interviewed<\/a> by the Guardian Voluntary Sector Network on the commission\u2019s fraud prevention work<\/li>\n<li>on Friday, the second National Charity Fraud Conference took place &#8211; the event brought together senior figures from the charity and counter-fraud worlds to discuss the fraud challenges charities face, highlight current risks, and share best practice in fraud prevention, detection and response<\/li>\n<li>the results of the week long social media poll found that 93% of respondents think that fraud is a major risk to charities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To see more comment from throughout the week search for <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/charityfraud\">#charityfraud<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, don\u2019t forget the commission\u2019s top tips to reduce your charity\u2019s vulnerability to fraud include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Develop a strong counter-fraud culture where staff are encouraged to play their part in the fight against fraud.<\/li>\n<li>Have in place and robustly apply internal financial controls.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage staff to voice concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Have a fraud response plan so that everyone knows what to do and when &#8211; stay calm but act quickly when incidents do occur.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure you report incidents to <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfraud.police.uk\/report_fraud\">Action Fraud<\/a> and to the Commission, via the dedicated reporting facility: <a href=\"mailto:RSI@charitycommission.gsi.gov.uk\">RSI@charitycommission.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A summary of activities from the first Charity Fraud Awareness Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}